Wellington boat ramp closed next week on Newfound Lake

The Wellington State Park boat access facility on Newfound Lake will be closed for repairs from May 28-31.

This is a gorgeous spot to put your boat in to one of the deepest lakes in the state and the work to be done will replace a pier that went missing over the winter.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department replaced the old concrete boat launch ramps with ramps of a newer, more innovative design last September.

But during the winter, one of the new piles was displaced by ice movement.

During construction next week, Prock Marine will install the missing piling and reset existing piles into bedrock so that an accessible floating dock can be installed This past week, Prock Marine began a staging area there so a portion of the parking lot is now closed.

The facility will still be open for use during the Memorial Day Weekend but there will be fewer parking spots.

On Tuesday, May 28, the site will close entirely and the contractor will build a temporary structure that will allow them to reach out to the location of the missing pile.

The piles will then be set and the dock installed.

Fish and Game constructed the original Newfound Lake boat access facility in 1996 on a 5-acre parcel of State Park land, using federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration and state funds.

New Hampshire's Public Boat Access Program is funded through boat registration fees and WSFR funds. Fish and Game's Facilities Construction and Lands Division acquires land for public water access sites, refurbishes existing sites and builds new public boat access areas.